Explicando o significado do WHOQOL-SRPB

Abstract

Background: WHOQOL-SRPB is an instrument developed to evaluate how spirituality, religiosity and personal beliefs (SRPB) are related to quality of life in health and health care. Recently, Moreira-Alves and Koenig ( 2006) questioned several aspects concerning WHOQOL-SRPB including de definition of the construct used in the instrument and the fact that its facets are too broad to be considered spirituality and religiosity. The present study is an answer to these questions, based on the clarification of some concepts behind the development of the WHOQOLO-SRPB. Objectives: To clarify the concepts behind the development of the WHOQOL-SRPB. Methods: The questions raised by Moreira-Alves and Koenig (2006) were discussed based on the objectives and conceptual framework of the WHOQOL-SRPB and also on the pertinent literature. Results: 1) WHOQOL-SRPB is not an instrument developed to evaluate SRPB but Quality of Life construct; 2) personal beliefs may function as a strategy to cope with life problems, since they give meaning to human behavior and hypothetically influence quality of life; 3) SRPB is a coherent construct and may be considered an independent construct specially concerning psychological well-being; 4) the concepts included in the WHOQOL project were considered genuine cross-cultural concepts through international consensus and this is one of its major strengths. Conclusions: WHOQOL-SRPB should be seen as an important contribution to the study of the relationship between quality of life and spirituality, religiosity and personal beliefs.

Quality of life in end stage renal disease patients

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“…Instruments designed by WHO such as WHOQOL [50] WHOQOL-BREF [51,52] are used by researchers. WHOQOL-SRPB [53,54] is also used to assess spiritual, religious and personal beliefs (SRPB) within quality of life. In the CHOICE study, the research team is conducting several research projects for the development of patient-centered instruments for assessment of health-related quality of life [27] .…”

Validação brasileira do Instrumento de Qualidade de Vida/espiritualidade, religião e crenças pessoais

“…22 The World Health Organization's Quality of Life Instrument (WHOQOL-100) 5 is one of the instruments that include the dimension of Spirituality, Religion and Personal Beliefs (SRPB) as a QoL domain. Although the importance of this dimension has been observed by focus groups in different centers and cultures, 9,18,21 its representation is given by only one facet, 21 associated with the meaning of life and personal beliefs. 22 Field tests with the WHOQOL-100 and subsequent studies 5,16,18 showed that four items were insuffi cient to measure this variable/dimension.…”

Desenvolvimento e Características Psicométricas das Facetas Adicionais da Versão em Português Europeu do WHOQOL-SRPB (Spirituality, religiousness and personal beliefs)

“…O WHOQOL-SRPB foi desenvolvido pelo grupo WHOQOL-SRPB, em virtude de as quatro questões que compunham o domínio SRPB do WHOQOL-100 se terem revelado insuficientes para abranger os aspetos que os grupos focais de 15 centros de todo o mundo suscitaram, aquando da validação deste instrumento genérico (Fleck & Skevington, 2007). Como salientam estes autores, o domínio SRPB veio a constituir-se, durante o debate dos grupos focais, como um dos aspetos centrais da QdV das pessoas, incluindo doentes, profissionais de saúde, bem como pessoas da comunidade em geral.…”

“…Essas novas questões enquadram-se na perspetiva de QdV defendida pela OMS, a qual não pode ser perdida de vista porquanto é a mesma que sustenta o WHOQOL--SRPB (Fleck & Skevington, 2007;O'Connell & Skevington, 2010). Em concreto, as questões formuladas para as duas novas facetas da versão em português europeu do WHOQOL-SRPB, permitem aferir a perceção subjetiva que o indivíduo tem da sua relação com os outros e do seu estilo de vida, dentro do quadro da vivência da sua espiritualidade, religiosidade e crenças pessoais, uma vez que é este domínio da QdV que aqui está em causa, i.e., a perceção dos indivíduos relativamente à sua QdV em geral e, especificamente, à sua QdV espiritual.…”